Our vocal, dancing, and acting faculty is comprised of nationally and internationally recognized working professionals who bring their talents, skills, and experience to the classroom. We also have a commitment to bringing in guest artists and other visiting professionals to complement our existing curriculum. Our comprehensive course of study requires that students who successfully complete the program must be motivated, committed, hard-workers, as well as gifted. Students must demonstrate continued progress and development and pass ongoing faculty evaluation in order to remain in the program.

The curriculum provides a broad coverage of theatre rather than intensive concentration on a single segment or specialization.

Learning Outcomes

• Understanding what theatre is--its historical origins and evolution, cultural sources, socio-political power, popular appeal, and how it compares with related performance modes.

• Understanding how theatre is made--its component parts and structural elements, including script, new-script development, production design, directing, and performance, and how these both affect and are shaped by aesthetic and cultural environments.

• Understanding how theatre is received and experienced--its aesthetic properties, how audiences respond and have responded, and the range and methods of popular and scholarly critical analysis.

• Gaining a foundational and experiential knowledge of how to make theatre, including developing skills in one or more areas--e.g., acting, construction, design, directing, dramaturgy, or playwriting.